Dave Selby

Dave Selby is the proud owner of a 5.48m (18ft) Sailfish, which he keeps on a swinging mooring on the picturesque Blackwater estuary in Essex

Bruise cruise

Only hardened cruisers know how little effort actually goes into yacht racing

Cruising, the very pinnacle of human sporting endeavour, is often dismissed by racing sailors who think all it involves is reading a Sunday paper while laying hove-to on the start line of a race.

As if that’s not challenging